A homogenized model for free vibration analysis of finite phononic crystal rods using strain gradient theory by Lou, Jia, Fan, Hui, Zhao, Ou, Du, Jianke

“…This comparison clearly highlights the superiority of the developed mesoscopic model based on the SGT in accurately predicting the natural frequencies, particularly for higher-order modes, compared to the CCT.…”
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Enhanced catalytic activity through a unique cage structure of amorphous NiFe oxide via tri-doping P, B, N and introducing tungsten for the oxygen evolution reaction by Jang, Eunsu, Su, Peichen, Kim, Jooheon

“…Outstanding OER performance is achieved, which can be attributed to the P, B, N tri-doping strategy including both geometric and electronic structural changes. …”
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Android smart phone based participatory sensing by Teo, Kok Hien

“…Various methodologies exist to implement the image matching sub-system, ranging from histogram comparison to template matching to feature analysis. …”
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Development of compact power electronics inverter using gallium nitride (GaN) devices by Sinurat, Hendry Donald Hanesty

“…Given the wide band gap of these materials, both provides several points of advantages in comparison with traditional Silicon-based converter. …”
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Coupled partitioned fluid-motion solver in modelling the response of marine structures by Chow, Jeng Hei

“…The transfer was validated with both a uni-directional wave flume and also diffraction cases.…”
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In silico assessment of a compliant vascular prosthesis by Wong, Yi Jean

“…Compliance test will also be done to have a comparison between the fibers fabricated and the native blood vessel to observe the physical changes when the vascular prosthesis are placed in a “physiological-like” environment. …”
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New binders for Li-ion batteries by Peck, Steve Teck Wei

“…As a result, the selection of binders that enhance adhesion within the anode becomes extremely significant in the case of silicon. Herein, a comparison between conventional PVDF binder and new pectin binder was made in terms of cycling performance and rate capability. …”
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Data for iTRAQ profiling of micro-vesicular plasma specimens : in search of potential prognostic circulatory biomarkers for Lacunar infarction by Datta, Arnab, Sze, Siu Kwan

“…We confidently (unused prot score >3, FDR=1.1%) identified 183 proteins, 43 out of which were significantly regulated (p-value<0.05) in at least one of the three LACI groups in comparison to control group. Bioinformatics analysis and data mining revealed upregulation of brain-specific proteins including myelin basic protein, proteins of coagulation cascade (e.g., fibrinogen alpha chain, fibrinogen beta chain) and focal adhesion (e.g., integrin alpha-IIb, talin-1, and filamin-A) while albumin was downregulated in both groups of patients with adverse outcome. …”
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Modeling, simulation, and analysis of birefringent effects in plastic optics by Adhikari, Achyut, Asundi, Anand

“…Finite element modeling of plastic optics in CAD interface is done along with experimental and theoretical comparison of the specimen with the help of solid mechanics and image processing. …”
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Hardware-efficient systolic-like modular design for two-dimensional discrete wavelet transform by Meher, Pramod Kumar, Mohanty, Basant Kumar, Patra, Jagdish Chandra

“…Using a new data-access scheme and a novel folding technique, the computation of both the stages are performed concurrently for transposition-free implementation of 2-D DWT. …”
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Seismic performance of continuous link reinforced concrete beam-column connections subjected to earthquake loading by Mohammadamin Azimi

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Superaugmentation and stability augmentation control system for unmanned aerial vehicle by Yasser Abdullah Mahjoub Nogoud

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Soft law, hard stakes? State commitment to non-binding international instruments and the case of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples by Villeneuve, L

“…Whilst the advantages and appeal of soft law have been widely studied, with its effects explored in both International Relations (IR) and International Law (IL) scholarship, states’ behaviour on commitment to soft law per se has remained underexplored. …”

Computational and experimental study of a platinum thin-film based oil condition and contamination sensor by Sridhar, V, Chana, KS, Singh, D

“…The numerical heating curves are then compared with experimentally obtained heating curves. The comparison showed that the numerical and experimental data to agree well and are within 1 %.…”

Zinc absorption from maize-based meals enriched with edible house crickets: a randomized crossover stable-isotope study in Kenyan pre-school children by Hilaj, N, Boit, T, Andang’o, P, Zeder, C, Mwangi, MN, Hummel, M, Velazco, ON, van Loon, JJA, Dicke, M, Zimmermann, MB, Melse-Boonstra, A

“…We found that AZ from meals with whole crickets (geometric mean: 0.36 mg; 95%CI: 0.30, 0.43) was 2.6 times higher than from low-enriched maize meals (0.14 mg; 0.11, 0.16; P &lt; 0.001), while it was not different from low-chitin cricket flour meals. Absorbed zinc from both cricket meals was higher than that from high-enriched meals. …”

Effect of harvest rate, waste loading, and stocking density on the yield of duckweeds by M. Said, M. Zaki, Culley, Dudley D., Standifer, Leon C., Epps, Ernest A., Myers, Robert W., Boney, Steve A.

“…Nutrient content of the duckweeds were similar under the two systems. Under both systems aeration did not increase yields over non‐aerated tests.…”

Effects of vr-based interactive interior design on the emotional and mental health of office worker by Xiang, Jialing, Mansor, Noranita, Azmi, Athira

“…In the experiment part of this paper, through the analysis of the questionnaire of the office workers in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and the comparison of the experimental data, it can be known that before the experiment, the control group and the experimental group were both very healthy, and after the experiment, the psychological health of the two groups was very healthy, which was 0 and 4 people. …”
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Correlative light and electron microscopy of telomeric repeat-binding factor 1 in mammalian cells by von Otter, Eric

“…Therefore, telomeric chromatin plays central roles in both cancer and age-related disease. Shelterin contains two telomere repeat-binding factors (TRF1 and TRF2) that binds specifically to the double stranded region of telomeric DNA. …”
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Synthesis of metal nanomaterials with unconventional crystal phases and their applications in electrocatalysis by Liu, Jiawei

“…This thesis aims to develop facile methods to synthesize mono- and bi-metallic nanomaterials with both conventional and unconventional crystal phases, investigate their structural features, and explore the phase-dependent electrocatalytic applications. …”
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Learning-based robot navigation in dynamic environments: from indoor scenes to human crowd scenes by Jiang, Haoge

“…In this doctoral thesis, we present our previous works about exploring autonomous navigation using Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) methods in various complex and dynamic environments for covering both indoor scenes and outdoor human crowd scenarios. …”
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